Cathy Smeltzer Erb

Cathy Smeltzer Erb is chair of the undergraduate teacher education program and professor of teacher education. Cathy earned a Ph.D. in curriculum, teaching, and learning from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT), a M.Ed. in education from OISE/UT, and a B.S. in vocational home economics education from EMU. Her dissertation explored the emotional dimension of beginning teachers’ work within a secondary school context. Cathy spent over 15 years as a family studies teacher and guidance counselor in middle/secondary schools and adult education prior to research and teaching in higher education. She has presented at national and international conferences. Her published and continued research interests include autoethnography and personal narrative, emotions, beginning teachers, teacher development, equitable instruction, and action research. Cathy received the AILACTE Scholar Award in 2004.

Education

Ph.D., University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 2004

M.Ed., University of Toronto, 1999

B.S., Eastern Mennonite University, 1985

Publications

Smeltzer Erb, C. (Forthcoming). A journey of the self: “Be” who you are. In Andrew Kemp (Ed.), The Dignity of the Calling: Educators Share the Beginnings of Their Journeys.

Smeltzer Erb, C. (2004). The emotional experiences of beginning teacher learning. Research in Ontario Secondary Schools: A Series of Brief Reports,9(3). Retrieved August 12, 2004 from http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/field-centres/rossindx.htm

Hannay, L., Smeltzer Erb, C., & Ross, J. (2001). To the barricades: The relationship between secondary school organizational structures and the implementation of policy initiatives. International Journal of Leadership in Education: Theory and Practice,4(2), 97-113.

An action research study examines inter-cultural communicative competence. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, New York City, NY, February 26, 2007.

Intersecting the emotional, moral, and ethical dimensions of beginning teacher development. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education, San Diego, CA, January 29, 2006.

Smeltzer Erb, C., & Brownscombe, S. L. Attending to the affective domain in teacher education: Placing caring and emotional knowledge at the center. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, D.C., February 22, 2005.

The emotions of learning to teach. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, 2004.